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I'm glad others are interested in this topic and there is ongoing research. The current state of search engines is abysmal. My "plan" was to support DuckDuckGo
by ddtaylor 4y ago
I'm glad others are interested in this topic and there is ongoing research. The current state of search engines is abysmal. My "plan" was to support DuckDuckGo as the alternative to Google, since they declined in quality so rapidly in the last few years with most results just pushing their own services or funneling you into product ads. But, DDG has been making a lot of misteps recently as well. Despite all the chest pounding they do about privacy, they still load tracking scripts on their domain and I feel their communication about it has been really poor and gives of scummy vibes.
- tintedfireglass 4y agoDDG is completely dependent on Microsoft for both the search results and their ad revenue. This causes a lot of problems as whenever Microsoft stops supporting DDG,the company is basically dead. In my opinion I think this is why DDG is taking a lot of "missteps" as they don't want to sour their ties with Microsoft. This is just my theory.
- wiz21c 4y agoI was about to report the note 2 of the article: > DuckDuckGo’s help pages claim that the engine uses over 400 sources; my interpretation is that at least 398 sources don’t impact organic results. ouch and I thought DDG was clean... But yet, it doesn't mean that DDG tracks us, does it ?
- tintedfireglass 4y agoYour reply made me read DDG privacy policy. > > Similarly, we may add an affiliate code to some eCommerce sites (e.g. Amazon & eBay) that results in small commissions being paid back to DuckDuckGo when you make purchases at those sites. Why was there a big backlash against brave for doing this but no one bats an eye when DDG does it?
- smotched 4y agotheres a massive ddg bias on hw, see this thread for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31492505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31492505